Re: OT: spam phone calls

AJL <noemail@none.com> writes:

On Tue, 13 May 2025 22:52:51 +1000, Daniel70 wrote:

On 9/04/2025 4:55 am, Mark Lloyd wrote:

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Currently, I find that most (not all) junk calls have the caller ID
NAME the same as the number.

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WHAT?? So it looks like the Caller is phoning the Caller?? Really??
That'd be a bit of a Give-away, wouldn't it?? ;-)

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IIRC these calls were successful at getting picked up because of
recipient curiosity. They were quite common here (AZ US) for awhile
and actually had newspaper warnings advising folks not to pick them
up...

I used to get my own number appearing if someone sent a text message to
my phone. It would ring, showing my number, and when I answered it a
computer would read out the text. So, maybe people answer it thinking it
is a text message.